Comments on: Former Assemblyman Seminerio Dies in Prisonhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/
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By: B GShttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-849349
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:29:57 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-849349Those of you who judge him obviously did not know him at all. Tony helped many, many people. Yes he made a mistake, I don’t agree with what he did. That mistake cost him everything, his life. He did not deserve the sentence he got! They used him as an example and disregarded all the good Tony has done!! I was at the wake and it was so packed with people and many he helped and never asked for a dime in return! So many public figures that did far worse then he did………walked or got a fine. I hope his wife sues because if he got the proper medical care he needed, Tony would be alive.
]]>By: Saddenedhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-846613
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:22:30 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-846613Anthony Seminerio never took a dollar he did not earn. There was no trial…there was no proof of guilt. THEY offered him a script to read to save himself, he refused. He was given a life sentence by a judge who set herself above the Supreme Court. Buchwald and the system failed him. He spent a lifetime working tirelessly helping others. And he paid with his life.
]]>By: taylorhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-846497
Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:53:23 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-846497ANTHONY SEMINERIO WAS SENTENCE TO DIE IN PRISON….THE JUDGE AND THE DA ARE CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED….HOW DO YOU SEND A SICK 75 YEAR OLD MAN TO PRISON AND NOT A HOSPITAL…..BOTH OF THEM KILLED THIS MAN AND WILL BE JUDGED BY A HIGHER AUTHORITY….SIX YEARS…THE JUDGE AND THE DA SAVED THE WORLD HORRAY HORRAY…..ALL WHO KNEW MR. SEMINERIO SHOULD COME TO THE FUNERAL TO SHOW THIS JUDGE AND DA THE FRIENDS,THE SUPPORT, AND MOST OF ALL THE LOVE….BOTH OF THEM SHOULD ALSO COME..MAYBE THIS WILL HELP SOME ONE ELSE…IN THE FUTURE……
]]>By: Alhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-846291
Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:00:50 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-846291Having worked in the Assembly for some time it is impossible to justify anything that he had done to end is career. With that said, Tony was a politicain of the old school- there will never be anyone else like him. May he rest in peace. My condolences go to his family and his community.
]]>By: AOShttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845467
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:52:52 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845467HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS DISTRICT.HE HELPED THOSE IN NEED.MANY OF ONE WOULD NOT HAVE A JOB TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR MR. SAM. HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND FRIEND. LET US, LET US ALL NOT FORGET THE GOOD HE DID.
]]>By: liberalmelhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845451
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:42:35 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845451“But federal prosecutors said he secretly abused his office for more than a decade, soliciting a stream of payments that exceeded $1 million, exerting his influence to benefit clients and sometimes threatening those who resisted his demands.”

…. and how is this different, or any better than, anyone else in the assembly or state senate????

]]>By: SKhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845347
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:05:39 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845347In Queens, that’s the only way politicians are replaced- they either die, get indicted, or succeeded by family members. Hopefully his successor Mike Miller will be a better leader.
]]>By: SKVhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845303
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:26:52 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845303Tired of helping people without being paid for it. What a statesman. What a disgrace.
]]>By: T. Leehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845203
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:06:25 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845203An example? Yeah, I’ll say.
]]>By: Hankhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845163
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:07:13 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845163It is such a shame to see a wonderful ordinary citizen pass away. He will be missed as his voice will not be heard. He touched the lives of so many.
]]>By: i.m.knotfooledhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-845145
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:04:00 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-845145Very Funny…………………….

The NY Times takes Joy in bring down this man………………..

Yet the corrupt Congressman who gets 4 rent controlled apartments and never paid taxes on his overseas income gets a pass and takes a piece of all action above 110th Street.

The NY Times…………………bring the dirty to jail, just not our guys……………

When do we read about the demise of the NY Times “Good Old Boys”

Pinch gets a Pass………………………………………

]]>By: Baysidehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-844873
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:32:41 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-844873Tony helped so many people. God Bless him.
]]>By: saddenedhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-844729
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:12:57 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-844729So sad. I am heartbroken. We have lost a good man. He will remain an example for us all.
]]>By: W Smithhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-844725
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:11:29 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/former-assemblyman-seminerio-dies-in-prison/#comment-844725One of the many infamous quotes from Seminerio was when he said in the State Assembly if Native Americans didn’t like their life in the US then they could walk back across the Bering Strait to Russia. He was an American love it or leave it, but never criticize it clown. That ignorant, foolish, and corrupt men like this could be elected over and over again makes democracy an embarrassment.
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